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Uttoxeter health check finds teacher having a silent heart attack • May 17, 2025, 2:58 AM ET (BBC)
B.C.'s 911 software too slow to recommend CPR, says witness at inquest into student's overdose death • May 9, 2025, 8:04 AM ET (CBC)
Oxford teenager's CPR 'saves' life of doctor father • Apr. 22, 2025, 12:16 AM ET (BBC)

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